tech-chat-1

[rigid fjord]

you do realise you can get 4k 144hz tv's right?

[left dove]

Dude I can't, I want the tc2 regulars to be active instead 😭

[raw trout]

Just get the smallest oled tv you can get. It gets more features too.

[wheat torrent]

yeah and what is the smallest size those come in

[kindred halo]

Wait.. What?
I swear that it was 5.0 on the x16

[left dove]

mines 50"

[wheat torrent]

exactly

[left dove]

they come in as small as 32"

[kindred halo]

Also, it's kinda a placeholder, everything except a B650 S2H is out of stock xwx @carmine yew

[wheat torrent]

there are always upsides and downsides

[rigid fjord]

the only thing i'd swap on this is the mobo tbh

[kindred halo]

Forgot to say that it's a placeholder

[kindred halo]

Bloody hell.. Guess it's just the 5x4 slot

[rigid fjord]

well the one i've had my eyes on for a long while, 43" is the smallest size

[wheat torrent]

smallest here is 43"

to run 43 inch in 16:9 you need to have the required space and distance in order to make it doable

you cant get a 43 on any desk

[carmine yew]

the one NVME is required to be Gen 5 on B650

But the GPU Slot can go either way, depending on the board

[raw trout]

Vw here sells qled tv for 32 inch for 90 dollars. Total steal

[rigid fjord]

i got the room for that, it'll sit at the end of my bed

[kindred halo]

Yeah fair enough

[wheat torrent]

I thought about getting a tv for productivity it simple won't work for me

first off I need 1-2 main softwares in wide aspect ratio, then the others are square or close to square ratio

[carmine yew]

My Living Room TV is a 120hz OLED that just got a brand new panel from Samsung 😄

[wheat torrent]

how do you positions your windows on a TV?

[left dove]

hotttt

[kindred halo]

Again, this is a placeholder, I am depending on the possibility of him and his uncle (who's allegedly also a PC nerd) finding a decent board

[wheat torrent]

would you have a window in the middle? that will deny the whole point

[kindred halo]

Since this, and everything I found except an S2H are OOS

[rigid fjord]

with ease

[kindred halo]

(Out Of Stock)

[raw trout]

Sad.

[wheat torrent]

the space on the sides will be simply too small imo, if you have a big window in the middle

[carmine yew]

the old panel spontaneously fucked up and Samsung covered it under warranty, so we were without a TV there for like... 2 weeks?

[wheat torrent]

a TV would work best in grid windows positions

[carmine yew]

But I went from an Open Box OLED With ~4K Hours on it to a 4K Oled with effectively 0 hours

[raw trout]

Smasnug Good techm bad reliability

[carmine yew]

incorrect

[wheat torrent]

I was never a fan of ultra wide monitors

[left dove]

this isnt an ultrawide?

[wheat torrent]

I was always a 16:9 fan when it comes to monitors

[carmine yew]

16x9 is not ultrawide

[wheat torrent]

but with my setup it's basically super ultra wide

[kindred halo]

Yep, really odd

[wheat torrent]

wide monitors usually give you less height compared to 16:9

[kindred halo]

I offered to switch him to Intel 1851 / 1700 if he really wanted to get it quickly

[left dove]

i..

[kindred halo]

Although advised against it for the most part

[carmine yew]

that is how geometry works....

Funny that

[rigid fjord]

32:9 would be ultrawide, 16:9 is just standard-wide

[wheat torrent]

yeah im talking about my setup

[left dove]

then clarify that

[wheat torrent]

mine is something like 48:9

[wheat torrent]

my appologies

[wheat torrent]

but I don't view it like that, to me its three monitors at 16:9

[left dove]

otherwise we all just think you're some uneducaated tool

[gleaming rose]

that ship has sailed

[left dove]

oh wassup dude

[wheat torrent]

uneducated tool

[carmine yew]

it's in a different ocean now

[rigid fjord]

billionaires be trying to find the ship

[wheat torrent]

Lots of people claim that ultra wide gives them neck pain

but I been working past few days and there are no issues on my end

[carmine yew]

Orcas be lookin' for that ship

[wheat torrent]

though I do rotate my chair at the same time partially

[rigid fjord]

oceangate 2.0 soon

[carmine yew]

I would run one 32:9 50-ish inch screen over two 16:9 30-ish inch displays

[wheat torrent]

also isnt 32:9 super ultrawide?

I heard that term often when researching

[rigid fjord]

no, just ultrawide

[wheat torrent]

Interesting

[carmine yew]

it's two panels glued together

so there's no seam

[wheat torrent]

I love the separation

I think it makes window managament much easier

[left dove]

you are weird.

if you actually used powertoys you'd know about fancyzones

[wheat torrent]

I think adding virtual separation is less intuitive

[exotic cape]

[left dove]

the actual fuck are you talking about 😂

[wheat torrent]

fancyzones is rookie

its entry level for window managament

[left dove]

why must you be insufferable like this 😭

[wheat torrent]

I am sorry you feel that way

[left dove]

I guarantee its not just me

[wheat torrent]

Pretty sure it's just you

You always had this attitude to the most mundane things, not only with me

[left dove]

because it just doesn't make any sense

[raw trout]

Fancyzones is useless in my opinion

[wheat torrent]

Could ask and I will explain how it makes sense to me 😀

[gloomy sleet]

i hit a new monkey type pb while teaching a class

well a 15 minute break in between teaching but close enough

[raw trout]

Wait ur a teach?

[gloomy sleet]

yes

[raw trout]

Yeah cuz ur routine is just right and you don't need any fancy apps so they don't make any sense to you

[left dove]

far stretch calling them "fancy" apps

[latent gull]

Honestly, windows management in base windows is good enough

If Mac used windows style window management, I would like it a lot more

[carmine yew]

it sure as hell ain't her

[raw trout]

It's beyond stock so yeah I guess we can call it fancy

[wheat torrent]

I can see how those softwares could hinder performance in games or whatever since you called them bloatware

[raw trout]

They do now.

[left dove]

that's like saying an old supra with just a body kit is "fancy"

[raw trout]

And it's one of the best things in mac history

[wheat torrent]

but they provide so much extra usability that it's a must

[raw trout]

Ok add ons u happy

[latent gull]

Na that ain’t fancy that’s sick as fuck

[wheat torrent]

some might call a old supra classy

depends

[carmine yew]

I don't need much in the way of extra apps to get full functionality out of windows.

Between knowing how to use it and hotkeys? I can do most things in a matter of seconds

[left dove]

an old af, worn down supra with just a bodykit would be so fucking dumb lmao

[latent gull]

Haven’t seen it so I will reserve judgement, but last time I used it was like 1.5 years ago and they didn’t have anything

[latent gull]

You just don’t get it it’s sick as fuck I promise

[wheat torrent]

Because you do not do the same things I do

[left dove]

MMMMEH

[raw trout]

If you try to snap windows or hover over the i think resize icon you can rearrange windows

[latent gull]

Putting the old context menu on is one of like 2 things I’ve changed in windows

[wheat torrent]

do you know how annoying would it be to change the displays from 1440p to 5k in windows without any app?

[left dove]

WHY DO YOU NEED TO

[latent gull]

What in the Sam fuck is 5k

[carmine yew]

like 4 clicks? rofl

[carmine yew]

that's on you, 5K's been a thing for years

[wheat torrent]

you have to enable DSR in nvidia panel for each display, which takes around 5 seconds to load since it has to do training

then you have to change the display resolution in windows setting which also has like 3-4 second of black screens FOR EACH MONITOR

[raw trout]

Just go to settings system display and change the resolution or use the profiles in whatever graphics manager u have it's not that tuff stop slacking

[wheat torrent]

then you have to change the scaling which takes another 2-3 seconds for it to resize all windows

[latent gull]

I have literally never heard this mentioned once

[wheat torrent]

with the shortcut I have it does all at once so it takes 4-5 seconds total

[left dove]

5k do be a thing

[carmine yew]

do you remember the imac screen that LTT Blew up and had the worst time getting it replaced?

[raw trout]

Imac ahh display

[wheat torrent]

To take higher resolution screenshots than my display

[left dove]

not just imac but keep weirdly hating i guess

[latent gull]

No, I don’t watch many Ltt videos anymore outside of wan show

[left dove]

doesnt nvidia literally have a function for this called ansel

[carmine yew]

well, it was 5K and that was 5? 6? years ago

[wheat torrent]

I dont play games...

[pale flint]

finally its here 😫🙏

[left dove]

i....

I said a part of nvidia

I didn't even mention games

[wheat torrent]

I am searching online and it says its for games

first sentence "in games"

[raw trout]

https://youtube.com/shorts/XdJpmb1rSV8?si=TrGCmNZ5xpY82vxF

[left dove]

oh they're killing off ansel wtf

[raw trout]

How much

[left dove]

nvidia u stupid

[raw trout]

So u calling the next gen intel CPUs and gpus stupid

[left dove]

oh my god shut up

[carmine yew]

did you just pull a muscle with that reach?

[raw trout]

What?

[carmine yew]

Any Intel Tech that NVidia will have any part of won't exist before 2028 at the ABSOLUTE EARLIEST

2030 is more likely

[left dove]

I get called "your highness" irl but even my tall ass couldn't make that reach lmao

[carmine yew]

sure thing, short stuff

[raw trout]

I think it's bc they are scared of you

[carmine yew]

headpats

[left dove]

It's because I smoke weed and am 6' tall.

double entendre.

[raw trout]

No wonder u get so mad

[left dove]

????

what lmao

[raw trout]

I don't think i should recall

[carmine yew]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-no-nope-gif-5413974953753901704

[raw trout]

U should see the previous day

[left dove]

you should recall because I have no idea what you're on about

[carmine yew]

https://tenor.com/view/what-are-you-talking-about-huh-what-what-are-you-saying-stirring-gif-17820207

[raw trout]

U 2 faced or smtn bro

[wheat torrent]

I really would like a macro keyboard of some sort or a steam deck or whatever

[carmine yew]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-what-do-you-mean-obama-huh-what-gif-12344531

[left dove]

I'm waiting for the punchline

[raw trout]

Those already exist

[wheat torrent]

Maybe I should buy some kind of USB to USB esp board and diy it myself

[raw trout]

You won't be getting one.

[raw trout]

If you don't want a mechanical one just get one of those foldable 10 dollar keyboards

[left dove]

seriously what the actual fuck are you on about

[raw trout]

I don't wanna mention it again

[past tartan]

Possible to build a decent gaming pc for like max 650usd or no

[left dove]

just because i have some form of conversation doesn't mean I'm going to remember it

[wheat torrent]

second keyboard -> key press -> esp board -> changed keypress -> pc

[carmine yew]

he doesn't even know, his train of thought derailed about 5 stations ago

[past tartan]

Nothing top end

Just enough for most games

[raw trout]

I do know

[left dove]

this fucking kid, I can't even 😂

[carmine yew]

considering a mid-range GPU is 500-700 bucks?

You absolutely will not get a high-end PC for 650.

You can build a decent build out of used parts for that tag tho

[carmine yew]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-whatever-lies-gif-3602502

[wheat torrent]

sometimes I wish there was another additional modifier key

[past tartan]

Is a mid range gpu 500-700? Damn

I’m living under a rock

I know nothing about pcs so that’s why I’m asking

[carmine yew]

And fair warning: Nobody remembers every convo they have on discord.
Reason: a lot of stupid people exist on discord and "conversing" with them is not memorable

[carmine yew]

5070 = 500-600 bucks

9070 XT = 600-700 bucks

[past tartan]

I said mid range tho like not something awful but not best either

[dire ore]

my gpu broke a few months ago so im stuck on xfce as it is the least graphics intensive linux env

[past tartan]

If I can run story mode games 60fps it’s more than enough

[past tartan]

Like most of them atleast

I’m used to Xbox one 30fps so…

[carmine yew]

5070 is mid range.

a 5080 is 1K USD
5090 is 2K-3K

[dire ore]

most people think of 1k as a mid high range bro

[past tartan]

What would a 5070 get in like rdr2 ofcourse cpu matters but approximate idea?

[dire ore]

5090s and 5080s are just overkill for regular people

[carmine yew]

It's an expensive pricetag, but it ain't high end

[carmine yew]

that''s an opinion you're allowed to have

[dire ore]

yes , technically its mid range , but in the eyes of like 94% of people , 5070 is high end and 80 90s are overkill

[carmine yew]

You can easily find that in a review on YT. Check Hardware Unboxed, IIRC RDR2 is one of their review titles

[carmine yew]

that's an opinion you're allowed to have

[past tartan]

So according to you I would not be able to build a pc that like gets 60fps on games like rdr2 etc. For 700ish

[carmine yew]

depends on what resolution and settings

4K 60? Probably not

[past tartan]

I’m not much of a graphics guy 1080 would do honestly

[rigid fjord]

dumb but tbh, wide body kits on supra's make them look better than stock

[carmine yew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB8UAnrPh44

the ARC B580 is ~250 usd and can do good in RDR2 in Vulkan

DX12.... not so much

[past tartan]

I see

Well thanks man

[viscid helm]

Nvm

[wanton flume]

is there like a setting that forces someone to a certain resolution for some reason my buddy keeps getting capped to 60 hertz and like 1600 1080 resolution on a 4070 super XD

trying to helping him cause thats criminal, his monitor is some type of 4k and whenever he goes to 4k or 1440 at 143 hertz it just switches randomly to 60 hertz / 1600 x 1080 and it hurtsssss

[woven kernel]

I got an urge to build a NAS, so i'm building a NAS

Well, building, i'm remaking an older PC that my mother wanted to throw out in to a NAS

Like 6 500gb harddrives

[dapper light]

do you already have the drive or something?

because 6x500 is an odd choice

[proud cosmos]

just buy from used market we build rtx 3080 for 650$

its running like a charm

[raw trout]

Yikes.

https://youtube.com/shorts/VKVSp4nAaJU?si=mwG45ATd_Y_qr7JJ

[past tartan]

Here in Sweden used ones are very overpriced

Trying to sell rtx 2070 for 1000usd

[proud cosmos]

damn

even local shops

?

[past tartan]

I live in a small town

Like 30k people we don’t have a single shop except 2

N they’re like corporate run Super super expensive

[proud cosmos]

and websites?

ebay?

[pale flint]

nearly disconnected the battery

noticed it was on

i should turn off open lid to turn on feature

[worn tinsel]

recently bought a gigabyte G6 HF, it has an i7 13th series and a RTX 4060, the CPU hits 98C consistently, does anyone know of anything i can do to make it not thermal throttle, it throttles at like 30% usage which is super annoying since it has the power to hit 165fps (165hz display) but it throttles too often to actually be able to do it, i end up getting like 45 - 60 fps in the original dying light

hwinfo says 100C sometimes so around there, the GPU usually hits like 75C ish which is alright afaik

btw, these temps are with the fans at 100% and i even lifted the laptop up for 10 minutes to test and the extra air flow didn't really help much

there's no dust in it and nothing obstructing airflow

[ebon marlin]

https://videocardz.com/newz/av2-video-codec-delivers-30-lower-bitrate-than-av1-final-spec-due-in-late-2025

Releasing AV2 before anyone has added support for AV1

[craggy cove]

how is this mwe 750w gold just dead dead

paperclip test wont work or anything

im beginning to see why these components werent used

[grizzled frost]

there’s lots of ways for a PSU to die

[craggy cove]

well time to see if this corsair psu is dead

big ass dent with no cpu cable

[grizzled frost]

whatever you do, don’t open the PSUs up to try and “fix them”

you’ll likely injure or kill yourself

[craggy cove]

yeah i know enough to know that i dont know anything

[grizzled frost]

figured i’d give the warning just in case

can never be too safe

[worn tinsel]

better to give it than to not xD

[grizzled frost]

lots of users don’t understand the risk with opening PSUs

they think since it’s unplugged it’s de-energized

[craggy cove]

hmm but i wanna open my big ass bass amp some time

[grizzled frost]

even worse idea

[craggy cove]

to replace a 6.35 mm jack

idk all the youtube crackheads seem to manage

[grizzled frost]

i’ll admit, i have opened a >1kw amp before

[craggy cove]

60w instrument amp

so uhh very painful instead of flying across the room?

[grizzled frost]

just don’t touch anything big

[craggy cove]

or what is the graph on these things

[grizzled frost]

depends on the voltage of caps

[grizzled frost]

it could genuinely not even be enough voltage for you to conduct it

[pale flint]

gg

[craggy cove]

true

might be why the crackheads manage

its from 1980 or 90 so it should be repairable

doesnt make sense but maybe it does

[grizzled frost]

best practice is to check all the caps with a multimeter

[grizzled frost]

gg

[craggy cove]

also this rm650x passed the paperclip test nice, even better i found out its a 2021 model

not sure if someone used a hammer to install it at some point but it works (?)

also note: dont buy "untested" equipment from people who clearly have the means to test it

[grizzled frost]

shake it, see if you hear anything rattle

[craggy cove]

no rattle on this but another ancient tx550m did

and i shook it enough and it stopped

and i plugged it in and it worked?

[flat cliff]

I need windows because school software and it doesn't work in VMs

I want to run Linux on my laptop though. Do I need two drives? Someone only different sever said don't have windows on the same drive you run Linux on but I only have one nvme drive in the laptop.

[worn tinsel]

you can partition them

what software is it

[halcyon coral]

I have a b650a motherboard and recently my pc just wont display anything on the monitor. Theres also a white VGA light on the MOBO indicating some type of GPU problem, and ive tried everything including reseating it, reseating ram, etc. But for some reason when I plug the monitor into the motherboard still nothing posts.... my CPU has integrated graphics too. Does anyone know how I can either make the monitor post with the GPU or get it to post with the CPU?

[flat cliff]

Something about sharing boot portions on the same drive was not going to favor windows and cause problems.

[woven kernel]

I might need some help

[flat cliff]

Some testing software.

[grizzled frost]

you don’t share boot partitions, you have separate partitions for each OS

[woven kernel]

I made the installer and everything, however I only get to a screen with "Grub " where I can't type or anything.

Unsure if it is loading or if its just a bad drive

Or install))

[flat cliff]

Idk they said something about it messing with windows if they aren't in separate drives maybe he was overblowing it?

[worn tinsel]

if you partition the drive first then install windows, in windows installer it'll let you install it in there

[jaunty apex]

Maybe need to disable secure boot

[worn tinsel]

it gets a bit annoying with UEFI but if you use legacy boot it usually has no problem

[jaunty apex]

Legacy boot? In 2025?

[gloomy isle]

is it bad if my gpu is drawing 5000 watts?

[woven kernel]

????

[grizzled frost]

it’s not drawing 5000w

[jaunty apex]

I'd advise against installing Windows and Linux on the same drive especially if it's your first time. In fact I'd remove the windows drive to be safe during the install

I run arch btw

[grizzled frost]

a, that’s not what tdp means
b, that’s not physically possible

[tulip sparrow]

Yeah that was what I was expecting

[halcyon coral]

Anyone know why my monitor is not displaying anything and I have a white VGA light on my motherboard?

[grizzled frost]

#1027757333117415424

[dapper light]

My good ol' ENIAC chugged down 150000w like it was nothin'!

[flat cliff]

You CAN'T use legacy boot because its windows 11 and you need secure boot.

[silk rampart]

Anybody know why thats happening

[flat cliff]

I had problems updating my PC because the bios was flipped to legacy boot and idk how but it was so yeah.

[worn tinsel]

just run win 10

[flat cliff]

A they are dropping support and B the testing software needs to be on windows 11 they mentioned that specifically in the orientation.

[worn tinsel]

yeah they say that but it'll run anyway

[pale flint]

😭😭

[worn tinsel]

i got told that the program we have to use doesn't support linux

[flat cliff]

It doesn't even run in a VM people smarter then I tried at school.

[pale flint]

for me 32 is enough

[worn tinsel]

but it works on my laptop so like

[worn tinsel]

idk why it wouldn't work in a VM that seems pretty sketch tbf

[jaunty apex]

Well yeah they can detect VMs.

If it's a school proctor software they hook deep to make sure someone doesnt cheat.

[flat cliff]

Some have to make sure your not cheating its evasive like anticheat.

[worn tinsel]

i thought you meant like a code testing suite or something hahahaha

😭 you meant exam software xD

[flat cliff]

Yes

[worn tinsel]

confused tf out of me

[jaunty apex]

I don't see why 10 wouldn't be usable. VMs sure

[worn tinsel]

yeah, this

[jaunty apex]

Unless they specifically block older versions, which is hard to see considering how long 7 was used in schools. Not that I've been in one since like 2018

[worn tinsel]

even if they did a few reg tweaks and you're good to go xD

[flat cliff]

I didn't test windows 10 I just know someone tested a VM and couldn't get it to work and they said make sure your laptop is windows 11 and they have a school provided laptop if you don't have a windows 11 laptop.

That was orientation.

[jaunty apex]

Is that a school provided laptop?

[flat cliff]

No its my own laptop.

[jaunty apex]

Put Linux on it and make them give you a separate laptop? Lol

[flat cliff]

That costs money

[worn tinsel]

why not just get a 256gb drive and install windows on it

[jaunty apex]

If it's a requirement they should provide. Cringe

[worn tinsel]

most laptops have a second storage slot

[grizzled frost]

for that server, 32 would also be enough

[flat cliff]

Because I have one and only one nvme slot in the laptop if I could get a second drive I would.

[left dove]

boot from usb

[pale flint]

definetly

[worn tinsel]

ahhh, this is sketch asf but you can boot from an external drive like buy a 256 gb ssd and throw it in a drive enclosure

[jaunty apex]

I mean for Linux it's not that sketch

[flat cliff]

They said you can pay extra for the a school laptop or not. My laptop meets the specs and they charge 1k for a school laptop and I said no thank you.

[worn tinsel]

well i mean if it's only for the exams then it should be fine

[jaunty apex]

Windows its basically blasphemy to boot anything not PE from USB

[flat cliff]

I'm not doing that just for windows I'll just only run windows in the laptop I guess.

[flat cliff]

That to

[worn tinsel]

you could run windows and then run a linux VM

[dapper light]

It used to be an official feature so not so much

[worn tinsel]

and just full screen it, allocate all hardware to it

[flat cliff]

I was trying to not have to boot windows 98% of the time guess I'll just have to.

[jaunty apex]

Used to be

And did that even extend past 10

I guess 8 did introduce it

[pearl fossil]

does anyone know where i can get thermal paste urgently

i need it by tomorrow

[grizzled frost]

local store

[pearl fossil]

there's a spot in town but it sells one tube for €20 😭

[pearl fossil]

not many

[grizzled frost]

that’s the tax for it being so urgent

amazon prime if you have it

[pearl fossil]

doesn't do next day anything here

even with prime

[flat cliff]

May I ask why?

[pearl fossil]

i planned to upgrade my imac with my dad tomorrow and we can't reschedule

so i'll pick up the gpu i ordered tomorrow but i still need thermal paste as it's an mxm gpu

[flat cliff]

What iMac? What upgrade? Sometimes you don't have to take off the cooler if your doing like ram and storage and you don't need to reinstall thermal paste.

[flat cliff]

Oh its one if those old ones.

[pearl fossil]

no it's a gpu upgrade on a late 2009 27" i7 imac

[pearl fossil]

i'm not rich :(

[flat cliff]

Dam that's old, CPU got to be...anyways do you live near a best buy?

[pearl fossil]

i live across an ocean from a best buy

[flat cliff]

2010s ones aren't for that much though.

[flat cliff]

What country?

[grizzled frost]

looks like you’re buying that 20euro thermal paste then

[pearl fossil]

the late 2009 with core i7 is literally identical to the mid 2010 also with i7 except the cpu is like 5% worse at most

the 2009 has i7-860

[flat cliff]

Although I only know US pricing so maybe not I just know the mxm ones not all just work on an iMac.

[flat cliff]

Not the later 2010s like 2015+ I think.

Idk

[pearl fossil]

and 2010 has i7-870

[pearl fossil]

they're like €300+

[pearl fossil]

belgium

[flat cliff]

Sorry your pricing is not as good.

[pearl fossil]

i don't have a choice, even the m1 air is still like €500 used

[flat cliff]

Oh idk your tech stores why didn't you buy this sooner?

[pearl fossil]

because i ordered some thermal paste but it's gonna arrive late

[flat cliff]

Dam I mean if you already had the iMac if you bought it to upgrade that's a different story.

[pearl fossil]

i found it for free

someone was throwing it away

i recently put in an ssd and i'm running sequoia with oclp but the non-metal performance is pretty horrible

especially with all the graphical bugs

should i ask my local thrift shop if they have any thermal paste

like if they're willing to lend me a tube

or to apply paste on the gpu while i'm there

they work with pcs a lot so i'm sure they have some

i'll go ask tomorrow after i pick up the gpu from the post office

[rigid fjord]

a tube of paste on amazon is like €4-5 euro's for you

[random gyro]

toothpaste?

[grizzled frost]

their issue is they need it by tomorrow, and supposedly amazon won’t deliver that fast

[random gyro]

you can't pay to ship faster?

[azure topaz]

why does one need paste by ttomorrow

[grizzled frost]

that’s what charlotte said

[azure topaz]

there is very few situations where thermal paste is a need by the next day especially for a random computer

[latent gull]

Need to paste a thing tomorrow

[grizzled frost]

something about their dad is coming over tmr to help with an imac upgrade, and they can’t reschedule

[azure topaz]

i mean if its a bonding experience thing just do the whole thing minus the paste wit yo dad and then tear it down when it gets there

[grizzled frost]

or just buy the paste that they literally said they can get

[random gyro]

computer shouldn't blow up that quickly

[grizzled frost]

their only objection is it’s expensive (20eur)

[azure topaz]

i mean no, dont use a computer without paste but

[random gyro]

seems like charlotte might be a lil dramatic

floppa knows what they talkin ab

[random gyro]

ye

[azure topaz]

i forgot to plugin my kvm

it is over

[random gyro]

damn

gotta reset windows now

[azure topaz]

wut

[random gyro]

idk i js saying random shi

what is chat quiet

[ivory mountain]

wont be anymore cuz im here

[random gyro]

interesting

[ivory mountain]

give it approx 10 mins

[latent gull]

Sadge

[azure topaz]

kvm lets me access my computer fromanywhere with a network not like the uhh kernel virtual machine

[oak rampart]

so would switching to 1440p help?

[azure topaz]

youre not going to get more performance going to 1440p, no

[terse bison]

PLEX advice:
Hi all. I have made an album of some family memories, which was shot in 4K. I am no video editor, so I have put things in a playlist. I really want it to play at the untouched quality. Plex does that but the CPU is barely being used. The upload on the WiFi when I am playing is around 30 MBit per second. Am I getting the full quality or is it better to plug in a USB in the TV? It is a BRAVIA 4K.

[azure topaz]

youll have higher gpu usage but if you think the game is playable at its current framerate you have nothing to worry about

[terse bison]

Subjectively, I cannot decipher, but was curious as to what is happening. P.S. No Plex Pass

[azure topaz]

"best fps possible" is not a particularly amazing thing to target cause youre going to be chasing a lot of things for meaningless amounts of performance

if you think the game runs good enough to play it shouldnt really matter

[wild basin]

Sup, have an issue, bought a new gpu today, plugged in, everything works, i do get display out from igpu but no fan spin, no LEDs, no display out of the gpu, wont even show up in windows? What to do?

[azure topaz]

are all those psu cables plugged in properly?

[wild basin]

Yes

[azure topaz]

like into the psu i meant but i do believe you

what gpu is it?

[wild basin]

Both sides yes

[wild basin]

9070 xt

[azure topaz]

hm, and the rest of the computer?

is your computer maybe set to legacy mode so it doesnt want to boot with uefi only gpus?

[wild basin]

Prob, but it boots and works fine with igpu tho

[azure topaz]

yeah well the igpu isnt uefi only

[eager wagon]

Did you try reseating the gpu? A friend of mine had this issue where the gpu wasn't fully inserted into the pcie bracket

[azure topaz]

you should look and see if csm is enabled and set to legacy

or if you have a non uefi windows install

[wild basin]

Ok lets try it

[terse bison]

How about reseating the GPU?

[azure topaz]

in windows, press win key+r and type msinfo32 into the box then hit enter.

there, under the system summary section, find bios mode, if it says uefi youre good and you can ignore this

[terse bison]

Not resetting, but reseating… since there is no power at all

[azure topaz]

also a great step yes agreed

[wild basin]

It wont show up in bios

[ivory mountain]

told you now chats active

[azure topaz]

try updating your bios too

on something like a620 i could somehow see there being compatibility issues idk

[wild basin]

Actually you are right

I did flash it so lets try it

[azure topaz]

"enhanced pcie compatibility"

so yeah def go to the latest

[wild basin]

Check f30

[azure topaz]

f33 is not the latest but you get it

f30 says nothing

[wild basin]

Maybe anything abt 90 series

[azure topaz]

just go latest

[wild basin]

Ok ill try it

[azure topaz]

f30 just says this

[flat cliff]

Dam ok that's a good deal I guess.

[pearl fossil]

and the gpu was only €20 but it goes for double on ebay

[wild basin]

Updating it

May god have mercy on my gpu

God why is it so slow

[azure topaz]

i hope your power goes out

[random gyro]

Idk how much my gpu was because i got prebuilt

[azure topaz]

my gpu was 700 bones

[random gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-dead-crash-store-halloween-gif-9991489701175216847

[azure topaz]

exactly

[grizzled frost]

brutal

[azure topaz]

the worst thing a man could wish upon a computer guy

[rigid fjord]

no, like arctic mx-4

[rigid fjord]

a day or so later, and nope, pretty much what floppa said

[azure topaz]

what does this mean

[latent gull]

Tsk tsk tsk

Doesn’t know how to get bones but says he paid with bones

[rigid fjord]

a sudden brownout happens and you got a pricey paperweight

[rigid fjord]

we know how to get bones, but you won't like the state they're in

[azure topaz]

glock with a switch in the bookbag

[wild basin]

It did nothing

[azure topaz]

hurray

you tried reseating?

[rigid fjord]

nah, thor's training hammer, just there might be more paste than bone

[wild basin]

Ill try again, maybe if i install more standoffs

[azure topaz]

woah

go back about 2 episodes

what do you mean more standoffs

[wild basin]

I mean i only used the preinstalled ones

[azure topaz]

that is typically how it goes

are all your screw holes not filled?

[wild basin]

If i use more there s a possibility ill have better luck actually seating it properly

[wild basin]

Since its so massive it kinda bends the mobo when i push it in

And there are like 3 more holes to fill

[lunar hearth]

Slow wifi

[azure topaz]

yes

you know its bad when my work internet is faster lol

[glad gale]

Before i used jellyfin in windows without a problem, now im trying to install it in hexos. In the beginning it went exactly as expected, i want movies in that folder, shows in this folder, get metadata from these website. Then when i was done and expected to get dropped on the homescreen, i was prompted for a login. What am i misunderstanding here? I have never had a jellyfin account

[edgy hollow]

Did I seriously just win the lottery and both the 7900 XT and the 3090 have the same pinouts?

[azure topaz]

i mean obviously

the pcie 8 pin connector is designed as a standard

the pinout difference you have to worry about is on the psu side of modular cables

[edgy hollow]

Oh no

[wild basin]

YOOOO

[azure topaz]

otherwise computers are pretty plug and play

[azure topaz]

nothing to be worried about im saying youre good

but not luck

[proud cosmos]

dont feel tired typing always

[azure topaz]

by design :)

yo shoutout that guy who said it first

@terse bison

give that man a kiss cyrn

[edgy hollow]

I'm scared.

[wild basin]

ITS ALIVE

[wild basin]

Oh i fucking would

[azure topaz]

hollon me next

[wild basin]

It was 4 HOURS of troubleshooting

[azure topaz]

why?

[wild basin]

I havent eaten the entire day

[azure topaz]

bro didnt do the first step

[wild basin]

I did lol

[edgy hollow]

I have a past history of breaking things

[wild basin]

But cause my mobo was bendy it didnt plug in whole

[azure topaz]

ah i see

[wild basin]

Holy. Shit.

[edgy hollow]

Once dropped a CPU on the pins

My eyes are not good enough to fix that tiny

[azure topaz]

just be slow and work smart

[edgy hollow]

Should I go to the trouble of checking the PSU?

[azure topaz]

trying too hard is like running an unstable overclock

[azure topaz]

new build? nah

the issue i described happens when you mix cables from different modular psus

if youre using the ones that came with it, not an issue

[edgy hollow]

Oh. Thanks for explaining! Much appreciated

[azure topaz]

of course, you should be all good big dawg

[azure topaz]

its my job

[edgy hollow]

Too bad this Mobo cant handle two pcie x16 and I would keep both in

[azure topaz]

eh, dual GPU doesnt increase gaming performance and generally causes issues

[edgy hollow]

I'm looking into doing model training

[azure topaz]

ah

[edgy hollow]

And the amd is behind the curve from cuda

But remarkably I got it working perfectly finally with rocm 7.0

[latent gull]

Butterknife

[azure topaz]

credit card?

[latent gull]

Also that

[azure topaz]

guitar pick? tweezers?

[latent gull]

Nah not those

[azure topaz]

mechanical pencil too

tip of a pocket knife

[latent gull]

Doesn’t line up the pins as well

[azure topaz]

what do you mean

[latent gull]

That’s the same as a butterknife

[azure topaz]

my brother in christ youre the one in charge of straightening them

[edgy hollow]

Empty pill bottle for anti sag

[azure topaz]

and if they socket that is literally as good as it needs to be esp with how pga sockets are

if its lga a bit different can o worms

[proud cosmos]

do you get paid?

[azure topaz]

not here but for an identical service privately

[proud cosmos]

alright if it true then good

[azure topaz]

i am at my place of work currently

i heard you like computers

[proud cosmos]

those work station

cool

[azure topaz]

those ones are just normal office machines

[proud cosmos]

work station are call office machine right?

am i wrong?

[azure topaz]

to me a workstation is something meant for complex work like 3dmodelling or cad or similar

something with a big cpu or gpu or vice versa

these are just, like, excel machines

[proud cosmos]

for me just working is work station

[azure topaz]

fair enough

[proud cosmos]

you play any vdo game

by any chance?

[azure topaz]

apex and tarkov and tarkov arena

[proud cosmos]

those sweaty games

[azure topaz]

yeah all i enjoy really

[proud cosmos]

your mental health is ok?

[azure topaz]

absolutely not

[proud cosmos]

my got so worst because

of those games

so i have to eventually quit those game

[ebon marlin]

I played Tarkov for almost 4k hours and then quit couple years ago

[azure topaz]

have u tried arena

[ebon marlin]

Yes since day 1

[azure topaz]

rating?

[ebon marlin]

Apparently inertia got removed

[azure topaz]

like your rating not rank lol

[azure topaz]

heavily reduced not removed

[proud cosmos]

just play gacha at this point

[ebon marlin]

I mean even in it's early stages I really liked it it's really fun

[proud cosmos]

atleast you will chill

[azure topaz]

a+d strafing is super nice now but you cant spam it

so usually circle strafe still meta

[ebon marlin]

I love tarkov combat

[azure topaz]

but a+d=quickpeeks are even more broken

[glass perch]

not mine but lol

[proud cosmos]

i just saw this reel bro

[ebon marlin]

But one thing I hate about tarkov is most deaths are literal jumpscares

[glass perch]

reeal

[azure topaz]

i can say confidently that tarkov has the best gunplay and combat/movement system out of any game ive played by a long shot

[proud cosmos]

reel instagram

[azure topaz]

tarkov is my favorite horror game

[random gyro]

i hate horror movies/games

[ebon marlin]

noob

[ebon marlin]

Truth 🗣️

[random gyro]

double linus-ing

[azure topaz]

its not even like up to debate for me

[ebon marlin]

Double mid

[random gyro]

then why you here

[ebon marlin]

can i not be here

[random gyro]

you said it was mid 💀

[random gyro]

thats albert nosetein

[ebon marlin]

Albert Epstein

[random gyro]

no

[ebon marlin]

I'm as smart as him

[random gyro]

ayo?

[jaunty apex]

Should I be updating this..? lmao

[random gyro]

void is back

[azure topaz]

floppa woppa might buy a 10th gen machine from work

[jaunty apex]

was I gone?

[random gyro]

ye

[kindred halo]

Should I play L4D2 or WT or CS2

[random gyro]

not hp 😭

[kindred halo]

That looks beautiful
Buy it now

[azure topaz]

our company has an HP exclusivity contract

[random gyro]

thats sad

[azure topaz]

id be paying 50$ for it lol

[random gyro]

i used hp 2010-2020, it was ass the entire time

[kindred halo]

Holy shit

Buy the entire stock
!!!

[azure topaz]

i only get one machine every 3 months

(i may have literally made that policy) but its to avoid people buying our old workstations and just flipping them

[random gyro]

i get one every 5 years

except itll be longer hopefully with this desktop

[azure topaz]

besides, i only want one 10700

[kindred halo]

A 10700 is like $50 alone I believe
You're getting a PC with it for free

[azure topaz]

a 10700 is like 100$ alone easily lol i just dont know if i want to play with a locked 10th gen chip

[kindred halo]

Wait it's a locked 10700?

[azure topaz]

well yeah theyre locked if not k

[kindred halo]

Oh right, I forgot that

[azure topaz]

might be able to bclk it?

not really nvm

just another 100 or 200mhz

[kindred halo]

Yeah not worth it

[azure topaz]

i may pick it up but id have no use for the machine

[kindred halo]

Keep it as a spare machine,, for a future project or smthn

Or sell it to me >:3
I'd pay $50 in shipping for that

[azure topaz]

im not allowed to resell within a year

[kindred halo]

Aw

Fair enough

[azure topaz]

the whole policy is written around not being able to resell

im the one who made it lol i knew what i was doing

[kindred halo]

Smart policy, although.. I don't really get it too much?

[random gyro]

apparently my motherboard supports 192GB of ram? 😭

[azure topaz]

what part

[kindred halo]

What's your board

[random gyro]

Gigabyte B650M C V3 Motherboard

[azure topaz]

i can buy a phone and laptop/desktop every its either 3 or 6 months and i cant resell it till a year

[random gyro]

it has 4 slots

[kindred halo]

Why not allow reselling older equipment?

OH

[sharp ivy]

That's verrrry good

[kindred halo]

I misunderstood nvm

[azure topaz]

so people actually use it and dont just buy it from work to flip a computer real quick

[kindred halo]

Yeah fair enough

[kindred halo]

One second

[azure topaz]

yeah idk how much ram or anything

proly 16gb and 512gb storage

if it was one of the big workstation machines id care more but its not

so its putting me off

[kindred halo]

256gb* :3

[random gyro]

HUH wtf 😭

i only paid $1,200 for a decent pc and i can upgrade whenever

[azure topaz]

HP Z2 Small Form Factor G5 Workstation

[kindred halo]

Anyway playing L4D2 now

[kindred halo]

Bai baiiii

[azure topaz]

i usually only buy machines from work for gpu

[kindred halo]

Also floppa,,,, quick question @azure topaz
Should I get a 12400F for like 104, a 12600KF for 153, or a 14400F for 156

I am kinda looking at either the 2400 or 4400 because I probably won't OC much

[azure topaz]

12400f probably

[kindred halo]

Ooooo tell??

[kindred halo]

Fair enough
Idk why the others are priced so absurdly 💔

[azure topaz]

my moms gpu, an RTX 4000, i got from work with a 6700 based computer for 50$

[ebon marlin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1188974475727880203/1197593816417456268/382D0865-550B-4F13-B031-18D6E90F03BC.gif

[iron glen]

im cooler

[random gyro]

nah sorry, floppa cooler lol

[kindred halo]

That's just the best deal I've heard of

[azure topaz]

i used the 6700 computer as my server fora w hile then gave it away

i7 6700
512gb nvme ssd
32gb ram
rtx 4000
decent psu with an 8 pin obviously

it was an uhhh hp z240 workstation i think

[kindred halo]

Anyway really gotta go
I wanna L4D2.......

I'll circle back to this later

[random gyro]

also fire pfp

fav show

[craggy cove]

h310 from a bucket of junk.. for some reason i3 8100s for it are 10€ but 9100fs are 20€?

[kindred halo]

Thank ya :3

[craggy cove]

lga 1151 economics

[rigid fjord]

modern horror films ain't no horror to them, games on the otherhand, so do get close to depravity

[terse bison]

Nice! so it was a seating issue haha! I get you man... I sold my old GTX 1060 and when the person came, I unplugged my RTX 4070 Ti super and then plugged the old one in to show the guy.... all of a sudden it was not working... and then I realized I forgot to plug in the 6 pin power to the GPU

Enjoy your GPU!

[kindred halo]

LOOOOL

[craggy cove]

wow they do it with discord now

[kindred halo]

Yep

[craggy cove]

i thought it was just a steam thing

[terse bison]

Hi again, does someone have any idea about this?

[gleaming rose]

30mbit/s is to be expected for 4k video

[terse bison]

Also, streaming from Plex desktop (7800X3D) to Apple TV 4K

does it mean that there is no "transcoding" going on... and that it is being played untouched?

[gleaming rose]

it could be getting transcoded

but that doesn't necessarily mean a loss of quality

[terse bison]

the CPU usage is like 10%

[gleaming rose]

is a graphics card in the system?

[pale flint]

whats that

[terse bison]

yes, but since I do not have Plex Pass, there is no hardware decoding through GPU

[gleaming rose]

right

i mean i wouldnt worry about it

[terse bison]

thanks!

[rigid fjord]

it's a rehash of the steam one but as if it's for discord

[mystic arrow]

Good evening, I am trying to mount of Noctua NH-U12A to my X870 Steel Legend motherboard. I installed the mounting bracket, but I am unable to to screw the cooler into the board. It won't lock into place with a screw driver or the screw head on the allen key that comes with the cooler. I've tried to do it bit by bit on each side but it isn't working.

[verbal prawn]

nico got the podium :D

[azure topaz]

i see why, do you see why?

[mystic arrow]

No or I wouldn't be here XD

[azure topaz]

it looks like on one side of the brackets you missed one of their riser things

this grey part below the screw looks missing on the other side

[mystic arrow]

Riser things?

[azure topaz]

plastic bit

[balmy tapir]

rubber/plastic standoff

[mystic arrow]

The riser is there?

On each corner

[azure topaz]

oh i just cant tell in the photo then

[balmy tapir]

other side, i cant see it in the photo

[mystic arrow]

Yeah it is there

Screwed them all in

[terse bison]

could you take a photo with a flash?

[proud cosmos]

Who are playing bf6

[mystic arrow]

You see how it is slightly lifted the screw. I try and do it from one side but it just lifts the other even if I do it very slowly alternating

[azure topaz]

just push harder lol

[verbal prawn]

thats what she saidddddddddd

[balmy tapir]

yea it takes a bit of force to hold the cooler on

[gleaming rose]

what why

[mystic arrow]

Alright I'll try more force XD

[azure topaz]

push and twist straight down

[raw trout]

My hp laptop is officially ubopenable.

The screw turns but it won't come out

I guess it's forever useless now

[limpid ivy]

which one? The older elitebooks with the plastic bottom shell had that issue so I just ripped it open when I dealt with them.

Screw standoff broke off at some point.

[crude glen]

Hey y’all, could you guys rate my pc build? I plan on using it with a tv to play games designed for controller, almost like a console. The specs are as follows: an E5-1650v3 in a pretty barebones X99 Motherboard from Aliexpress (yes I know it doesn’t have TPM2.0), 2x8gb of ECC DDR4 at 2133mhz(max speed for the cpu), an RTX 2060 6GB, a thermalright single tower/fan cooler, and a 650watt C tier power supply. All of this is going in a case from a local brand that i’m getting for only like $10. Total build cost comes out to ~$256 USD. Thanks in advance!

[azure topaz]

graphics card

[mystic arrow]

Bit by bit right?

[azure topaz]

sure

best practice yes i mean in reality do whatever works

[azure topaz]

where ggpu

[frosty cliff]

Nice CPU

[mystic arrow]

Cheers

[crude glen]

just edited the mesage]

[azure topaz]

somewhat

[frosty cliff]

Give it to me bro 😭 better than my 2015 i5

jk

[azure topaz]

a better photo

[frosty cliff]

I have an i5-6500

Its really starting to show its age lol considering I do gamedev and multitasking

[azure topaz]

yeah our 8700s hit 100% usage in normal work tasks

thats why theyre mostly gone now

[frosty cliff]

I'd love one of the new i5's

bro the new i5's are literally some 2020 i9's it's CRAZY

i5-14600k

[azure topaz]

I like the 14600K/13600K

[frosty cliff]

yes

[azure topaz]

i have a 13500 for my work computer

[frosty cliff]

literal beasts

[frosty cliff]

Wow

[azure topaz]

13900KS at home

i need more ram in the work computer apparently ill have to get on that

[frosty cliff]

Daaamn bro casually flexing

[ivory mountain]

Lmao series S is the worst console ive ever touched holy shit

[frosty cliff]

I think it has 12GB RAM? Why the hell would that even exist nowdays 😭

[azure topaz]

yeah my mom has one

it blows

[stray portal]

Is the vivo x200 fe a good buy

[azure topaz]

no brother, your mother

[stray portal]

😡

[ivory mountain]

It has 10, thats not the issue, we bought 2 for sports games like madden and the UI just doesnt work

Ive restarted this shit like… 5 times in the last 10 mins and its still not updating or opening any apps

The xbox is 8 months old too its not like its something cause its new

[azure topaz]

im buying this 10700 machine but i think im going to leave everything but the cpu here at work

and get it monday

[frosty cliff]

Actually its probably fine. For a PC it's not that great because your OS alone consumes quite a bit
Xbox probably doesnt do that

didnt think of that until now

[ivory mountain]

You cant make this up man

[ivory mountain]

The idle usage depends on how much ram you have tbh, it uses 2 at 16GB and 8 at 64gb

[frosty cliff]

Didnt know that

[ivory mountain]

Im just tryna watch vinland saga man

Literal ewaste console

[gloomy sleet]

i wonder if the series s will have gta6

[frosty cliff]

I think they're forced to make it work. I've heard you can't upload only for one series

Which is crazy to think about. The gtx 1660 should be able to run GTA VI just fine?

[azure topaz]

5 almost 6 year old low end entry card running new triple a title "just fine"?

[ivory mountain]

I hope not lmao series S cant even run cod at a stable 60

[azure topaz]

if just fine means significant upscaling/dynamic resolution and low settings at 1080p yes

[ivory mountain]

As long as it doesnt effect the graphics of newer hardware because theyre focused on older shit

[frosty cliff]

It could! 😳 Rockstar seems pretty good at optimizing. Also the series S is similar to the 1660 in performance from what I've heard

[azure topaz]

rockstar is good at optimizing but they cant make miracles happen, i imagine the game will be moderately hard to run

[frosty cliff]

I think I'm cooked with my 1060 6gb

[azure topaz]

yeah

[frosty cliff]

😂

[azure topaz]

gets you by for now i guess

[frosty cliff]

Honestly I don't feel the need for an upgrade other than to try out raytracing, and for running GTA VI

It mostly runs everything I need lol

I'd rather have new ram and new processor than a new gpu first

[azure topaz]

youre a smart man

[ivory mountain]

Do it all at once trust

[frosty cliff]

Is this sarcastic? 😅

[tulip sparrow]

sighs I really hate my government at times https://www.androidauthority.com/fcc-labeling-changes-3606325/

[azure topaz]

no lol

[frosty cliff]

Ah okay 🥹

I've seen most people recommend GPU upgrades more than anything and that's why I thought you were sarcastic lol

[kindred halo]

For $25 I've got these options, what do you say?

[hexed tapir]

Wonder what isp paid them off

[kindred halo]

A peerless assassin unfortunately isn't doable since I ordered it 3 weeks ago and it hasn't arrived yet

[latent gull]

Why though? This literally costs no one anything and is just information being supplied. This helps both the business and consumers in most cases IMO

[azure topaz]

you wouldn’t benefit from one

[kindred halo]

Asked the store about the ETA and I got ghosted

[frosty cliff]

True, right now I wouldn't because of my CPU

[azure topaz]

exactly

spending more money on the worse upgrade path isn’t logical

you have to do both anyways just do it in the right order

big brain

[tulip sparrow]

Take a look at Thermalright Air Coolers

[azure topaz]

or ID cooling but he knows about TR

PA not an option

[kindred halo]

Unavailable

[tulip sparrow]

ok that sucks

[kindred halo]

Only a white single tower...........

[kindred halo]

She* pls,,,,

Also for the same price as a PA there's a DarkFlash dual tower

But I fucking HATE DarkFlash so I am not getting it

[tulip sparrow]

I certainly would with my 1440p monitor LOL my 3070 Ti is just not cutting it any more in newer titles

[kindred halo]

Oh look a DeepCool cooler

[frosty cliff]

What??? 😭
You mean at max settings?

[tulip sparrow]

the 8GB isn't enough basically LOL

The VRAM isn't enough no matter the settings LOL

[frosty cliff]

Ohhh right

[tulip sparrow]

Would be ok running 1080p@60 honestly but I have a 1440p@165hz monitor lol

[frosty cliff]

I have 1080p 180hz 🙂

[tribal briar]

Computer is having issues counting

[frosty cliff]

The 180hz are just there ik I'm never hitting 180 fps

[tulip sparrow]

My 165hz is plenty lol

[frosty cliff]

Woah what do u do with so many gpus

[raw trout]

I had a seizure reading the ram info in tskmgr on my friends laptop

[tribal briar]

Its just a computer that were using to hold gpus instead of boxes

[frosty cliff]

Interesting storage choice

[tulip sparrow]

Looks like 32gb of ram isn't enough for heavily modded Skyrim

[tribal briar]

Its the most fun i have had in school 😂

[frosty cliff]

Lol

[tribal briar]

The cpu is the bottle neck

[tulip sparrow]

and yes my whole system locked up LOL

[tulip sparrow]

4c/8t would do that LOL

[kindred halo]

@azure topaz what do you think

27 USD before shipping

[tribal briar]

The ram is supposed to be 64gb one stick did want to work

[azure topaz]

it’s a cooler it doesn’t really matter especially since you don’t/wont do anything extremely intense for very long

anything with the same heatpipe count and general fin stack is going to cool the same

only differences will be fan and stock paste

[frosty cliff]

OH. And I have a 2nd monitor still 1080p but 75hz

I forgorr

[verbal kindle]

Hey yall I got a quick n really stupid question: I'm about to reset my computer, but I have a m.2 SSD that I just loaded with set-ups and files I want to keep. Would the reset apply only to the windows and boot drive?

[tulip sparrow]

@frosty cliff my main secondary monitor is 24" 1080p@75hz IPS

[frosty cliff]

Damn! My main is 24 inch, 1080p 180hz

2nd is 22 inch

[kindred halo]

Fair enough
I'll just get the thermaltake then tbh

Really bullshit since I wanted a PA </3

[tulip sparrow]

BUT I don't have the space on my current "Desk" after moving for the monitor so I had to downgrade to a 15.6" 1080p@60hz portable monitor

[tribal briar]

My main is 27 inch 1080 144hz

[tulip sparrow]

@frosty cliff main monitor is 27" 1550p@165hz freesync premium that works fine with gsync

[frosty cliff]

"desk" lmao I'm curious now 😭

[kindred halo]

HOLY SHITE yay I found one

[tribal briar]

My second is 15.6 1080 60hz

[tulip sparrow]

@frosty cliff basically a thin accent table that you would put behind a couch for example

[frosty cliff]

Ohhh table

[gleaming meteor]

flow of air is very

[frosty cliff]

That's a huge monitor, damn! Doesn't it hurt ur eyes

[azure topaz]

so how does your currency work

you use usd there?

[tulip sparrow]

@frosty cliff yeah one of those that gets used near the front door for random stuff or behind a couch for decoration

[brave brook]

meanwhile old picture of my desk from about a decade ago 😄

[kindred halo]

USD for any purchases that're over 10 or so dollars

[azure topaz]

bitfenix something

[kindred halo]

@azure topaz

[azure topaz]

prodigy i think

[tulip sparrow]

Nice. Fans would need replacing but that can wait a while. Stock fans suck and tend to grind early

[azure topaz]

why?

[brave brook]

that is not relevant. the 2.5 meter wide desk is 😄

[kindred halo]

Not set in stone 10 dollars, but it's just more convenient to use USD from that point forward

[azure topaz]

yes but why usd tho

[kindred halo]

Our largest bill is like 1.1 USD

[kindred halo]

Hell if I know

If it was up to me we'd be using Euros

[azure topaz]

fair enough

[crude glen]

Hey y’all, could you guys rate my pc build? I plan on using it with a tv to play games designed for controller, almost like a console. The specs are as follows: an E5-1650v3 in a pretty barebones X99 Motherboard from Aliexpress (yes I know it doesn’t have TPM2.0), 2x8gb of ECC DDR4 at 2133mhz(max speed for the cpu), an RTX 2060 6GB, a thermalright single tower/fan cooler, and a 650watt C tier power supply. All of this is going in a case from a local brand that i’m getting for only like $10. Total build cost comes out to ~$256 USD. Thanks in advance

[left dove]

ahh yes, the bitfenix prodigy

[kindred halo]

89,000 Lebanese Pounds for one Dollary doo

[left dove]

[tulip sparrow]

Had to leave this corner(L shaped) desk up north when I moved last year

[brave brook]

how do people live like this

[tulip sparrow]

Not my room any more since we had extra bloody people move into the place

I was living with like a total of 8 bloody people

6 adults and 2 under 4 year old kids

[left trellis]

https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m55924835859/?ref=search_results

banger?

[tulip sparrow]

It was fine when it was just 4 of us but yeah

[orchid trellis]

I have an old-ish usb install of windows 11. I need to temporarily install it to get my laptop working again. Whats one of the old methods to bypass the account requirement?

[rigid fjord]

shift + f10 then typing oobe\bypassnro

[orchid trellis]

Thanks

[tulip sparrow]

Doesn't rufus allow you to bypass it these days?

[rigid fjord]

it does but can be an issue

if you got an old enough version you can do the oobe trick

[left dove]

Well it looks like no battlefield for me today

time to drink and build legos \o/

THANKS EA

[tulip sparrow]

Secure Boot?

[left dove]

I meet all the req's, but the game just isn't working

[rigid fjord]

latest version you have to type this start ms-cxh:localonly

[left dove]

steam says it isn't even out yet (it launched 5 hours ago my timezone)

[rigid fjord]

bf6?

[upper abyss]

my windows file explorer is slow asf since like a week its annoying 😭 idk why even

[rigid fjord]

something interfering with it, something being a resource hog

[upper abyss]

like my drives are aight so its a software issue

[upper abyss]

checking taskmanager ion see much disk usage, 5% or so lmao (max mostly)

[proud cosmos]

This type of people exist

[rigid fjord]

look at cpu/ram usage

[jaunty apex]

Theyve existed since around 2019 I think. Saw at least one other take similar to this years ago

[tulip sparrow]

Just No

[upper abyss]

also under 50%, but drive stays under 10% even when i opened file explorer

[jaunty apex]

I blame apple

[upper abyss]

odd it is

[proud cosmos]

I hope they will understand one days all smartphones are just same rotten plastic box

[upper abyss]

ill find out one day

[jaunty apex]

https://tenor.com/view/pirates-yesbutno-gif-1502181837354549727

[proud cosmos]

Hmm but a phone with good camera is worth it

[terse bison]

4 slots with 32 gigs yikes and also at 3200 MHz

[jaunty apex]

iPhones and Pixels have their own merits to security, especially when the latter is running GrapheneOS is one example
Samsungs as well, but their shit is too locked down to run Graphene on

[tulip sparrow]

I would love to be able to just plop my phone down and have something like Samsung Dex pop up and be fully usable (New Chrome OS for desktop mode would be fine)

[tulip sparrow]

AM4 AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D system so yeah

[proud cosmos]

Samsung have very bad service issue bro so many display issue just don't like it

[terse bison]

Let us take the iPad Pro as an example... I have the M2.... iPadOS 26 was super cool with multitasking.... but how the hell is it capable of 60 Hz at 5K res but not 120 Hz at 1080p

[jaunty apex]

Never seen a display issue on a samsung

[terse bison]

I think it is intentionally crippled

any idea on what a Tab S11 ultra does on external display, refresh rate?

[tulip sparrow]

OOnly thing I have seen is burnin on oled phones

[tulip sparrow]

I have a 165hz 1600p tablet LOL

[terse bison]

I meant for the external display, sorry.... the iPad does 120 Hz on its screen

[proud cosmos]

You are lucky

[jaunty apex]

Guess so, considering parents have been getting them since I think the S4

[tulip sparrow]

8.8" 2.5K (2560 x 1600), LTPS, Touch, 500 nits, 165Hz

[proud cosmos]

They are nice device but samsung was never good at service in our country yes idk about other

[rigid fjord]

not if you're american or in the uk

[jaunty apex]

That may just be a samsung thing, idk. Theyve always worked with the carrier

I know samsung service techs end up doing shady shit sometimes

[ivory mountain]

my s22u shit itself one day and the oled was just green lmao

[tulip sparrow]

I drop my used S22U and the screen goes black at times

[rigid fjord]

iphone in the uk has lost security features tbh

[jaunty apex]

I mean this TV has some fucked up lines on it but idk the history, the wifi chip/ir is also busted

[tulip sparrow]

But thats the only issue I personally have run into on any of my samsung phones over the years

[crude glen]

^

[tulip sparrow]

and I ahve been using Samsung phones since GIngerbread LOL